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There is no question ethics controversy is on the rise.  While the Internal Revenue Service has stepped up its enforcement activities across the board, the Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility (“OPR” or the “Office”) has dramatically increased its presence and has become a focal point of attention by the tax practitioner community.

"The Swiss legal system is maintained, because the U.S. have promised to act on the basis of the current agreements and to ask for legal assistance again,"

Hundreds of wealthy Americans are revealing they have offshore bank accounts as the U.S. and Swiss bank UBS AG negotiate to resolve a lawsuit seeking the identities…

Hundreds of wealthy Americans are revealing they have offshore bank accounts as the U.S. and Swiss bank UBS AG negotiate to resolve a lawsuit seeking the identities…

Over the last few years the IRS’s Office of Professional Responsibility (“OPR” or “the Office”) has lived up to its promise of investigating tax practitioners that have been allegedly engaged in questionable conduct related to their advising clients on tax advantaged transactions and preparing tax opinions.